Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

Malware researchers analyzed the application of Large Language Models (LLM) to malware automation investigating future abuse in autonomous threats. We explored a potential architecture of an autonomous malware threat based on four main steps: an AI-empowered reconnaissances, reasoning and planning phase, and the AI-assisted execution.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Earlier versions of the ransomware were written in C++ and the malware added the.akira extension to the encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Threat actors behind the new ‘Erbium’ information-stealing malware are distributing it as fake cracks and cheats for popular video games to steal victims’ credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. The Erbium info-stealing malware was first spotted by researchers at threat intelligence firm Cluster25 on July 21, 2022.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2023

During an incident response performed by Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team ( GERT ) and GReAT, we uncovered a novel multiplatform threat named “NKAbuse” The malware utilizes NKN technology for data exchange between peers, functioning as a potent implant, and equipped with both flooder and backdoor capabilities.

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SecureList

MAY 4, 2022

Dropper modules also patch Windows native API functions, related to event tracing (ETW) and anti-malware scan interface (AMSI), to make the infection process stealthier. In Main.start the malware checks if the host is in the domain and only works if it’s true. Architecture (x86 or x64). Quite unusual among the commands.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

Before initialization, the malware effectively suppresses all error reporting by calling SetErrorMode with 0x8007 as parameter. As we will see later, that malware uses multiple threads and so it allocates a global object and assigns a mutex to it to make sure no two clashing operations can take place at the same time. main function.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Privilege and other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server, Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Malware Protection Engine, Internet Explorer and more (27 in all). Purdue network architecture. Network Architecture and Design. Network Architecture and Design. Change default passwords and remove unnecessary accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

SapphireStealer is an open-source information stealer written in.NET, which is available in multiple public malware repositories since its public release in December 2022. The malware is also able to siphon files stored with specific extensions and take screenshots. SapphireStealer allows operators to gather system data (i.e.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

The bot borrows a large portion of its code from the original Mirai botnet, but unlike other IoT malware families, it implements a built-in capability to brute force credentials and gain access to SSH servers instead of Telnet as implemented in Mirai. The bulk of the malware code contains an implementation of an SSH 2.0 ” . .

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2019

Security experts at Intezer have discovered a new Linux malware tracked as ‘HiddenWasp’ that borrows from Mirai, Azazel malicious codes. HiddenWasp is a new sophisticated Linux malware still undetected by the majority of anti-virus solutions. According to the experts at Intezer, the malware was involved in targeted attacks. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. ” Upon executing the malware, the Rust binary prompts an error requiring a password to be passed as an argument. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 18, 2024

The report highlights new tactics and malware, signaling an escalation in capabilities. The social engineering tactics are highly tailored to build trust before delivering sophisticated malware. New capabilities observed include compromising legitimate email accounts to bolster credibility in phishing attempts.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers from cloud security firm Snyk recently discovered a vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to perform full account takeover and remote code execution (RCE) in Gitpod, a popular cloud development environment (CDE).

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

In this post we provide some history, analysis and observations on this most pernicious family of banking malware targeting Oceania, the UK, Germany and Italy. Despite its long and rich history in the cyber-criminal underworld, the Gozi malware family is surrounded with mystery and confusion. Introduction.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2021

To help protect against these types of attacks, organizations should enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on login accounts when available, monitor for brute force attempts and educate users on the importance of password hygiene, such as using unique and strong passwords, in the battle against cyber crime.”. Cyber hygiene works.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The firmware backdoor was based on the Triada malware, which is a backdoor that was found over the years in several low-cost Android smartphones. The most interesting characteristic of the Triada Trojan apart is its modular architecture, which gives it theoretically a wide range of abilities. ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2020

LW: Can you frame the separate issue of securing service accounts? Tamir: Service accounts (machine-to-machine connections) are a big problem. The accounts that enable machines to communicate with each other are highly privileged accounts — and no humans are operating these accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

According to a pair of recent reports from cloud security vendor Zscaler, cybercriminals picked up on this, with the result being a significant surge in malware attacks against these devices. Enterprises accounted for 28 percent, followed by healthcare devices at 8 percent. ” Two Malware Groups Lead Attacks. .

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

Before initialization, the malware effectively suppresses all error reporting by calling SetErrorMode with 0x8007 as parameter. As we will see later, that malware uses multiple threads and so it allocates a global object and assigns a mutex to it to make sure no two clashing operations can take place at the same time. Architecture.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In early September 2022, we discovered several new malware samples belonging to the MATA cluster. The actors behind the attack used spear-phishing mails to target several victims, some were infected with Windows executable malware by downloading files through an internet browser.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Active audit of privileged accounts that were recently created or updated. The same group was attributed to the attacks concentrating on the Philippines using the MISTCLOAK, BLUEHAZE, and DARKDEW malware families. Figure 2: VPN vulnerabilities open doors to cyber threats, protect against these risks with Zero Trust architecture.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture. Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) The popularity of the cloud and microservice architectures is on the rise. An XSS attack against the application’s clients can be used for obtaining user authentication information, such as cookies, phishing or spreading malware.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

Security researchers discovered an archive that contained test builds of the malware for a number of less common platforms, including macOS and FreeBSD, as well as for various non-standard processor architectures, such as MIPS and SPARC. Meanwhile, the malware itself evolved, adding an LDAP-based self-spreading mechanism.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. Latin American trojans share the same modus operandi and even modules and blocks of code observed during the analysis of several malware samples. Background of Latin American Trojans.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

The group employed sophisticated spear-phishing, watering hole attacks, and kernel-level malware to compromise the targets. Organizations can then work to counter these TTPs specific to each their assets, criticality, architecture, and other unique risks and considerations for that organization.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Importantly, none appeared to have suffered the sorts of attacks that typically preface a high-dollar crypto heist, such as the compromise of one’s email and/or mobile phone accounts. “If you have my seed phrase, you can copy and paste that into your wallet, and then you can see all my accounts.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The spam folder: that dark and disregarded corner of every email account, full of too-good-to-be-true offers, unexpected shipments, and supposedly free giveaways. According to Cisco Umbrella , many of the sites asking for credit card details are known phishing sites, or worse, host malware. Problems with your account.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

Ransomware and fileless malware breaches will rapidly continue to destabilize businesses in 2021. This also means that attackers can save a lot of time needed for malware generation, thus making unwanted access relatively easy to accomplish. One proven way to overcome these kinds of attacks is by implementing zero trust architecture.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Misconfigurations, vulnerable services, advanced malware, and sheer scale have opened cracks in cloud security. Attackers also use other techniques, such as malicious software (malware), zero-day exploits, and account takeover, to breach public clouds." These stealthy malware strains evade traditional signature-based defenses.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The botnet leverages a robust architecture based on a combination of third-party services, P2P, and Command & Control servers. This architecture was implemented to make the botnet resilient to takedowns by law enforcement and security firms with the support of the vendors of the infected devices.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Three of the bugs tackled this month earned Microsoft’s most dire “critical” label, meaning they can be exploited remotely by malware or miscreants to seize complete control over a vulnerable system. ” Amit Yoran , CEO of Tenable and a former U.S. “To date, Microsoft customers have not been notified.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. ” Microsoft also discovered that the nation-state actors employed information-stealing malware on the device of one of its employees working as a customer support agent.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. .*)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Security experts have a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0 Security experts at ESET have discovered a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0, malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” The skip-2.0

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

Unfortunately, many organizations fail to educate their employees on the importance of cyber hygiene, leaving them vulnerable to phishing scams, malware infections, data breaches, and other cyber attacks. Tick-in-the-box training. Spotty patching. Vulnerability management is another key consideration when it comes to security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Then a malicious image is downloaded from Docker Hub accounts under the control of the threat actors. Trend Micro discovered one of the primary Docker Hub accounts (“alpineos”) actively used by TeamTNT and having a total of more than 150,000 pulls of malicious images. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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